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Things I Must Do Before Too Long

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Yesterday we had a scare of the cockroach variety.  There was only one and because of the amazing job Lindsay does on cleaning up after my slightly messy self in the kitchen I have large doubts that they have taken up residence in our apartment (stupid un-clean neighbors).  However I got in a slight frenzy last night and pulled most of the things out of my closet to make sure none of them had decided my nice fiber covered floor was an appropriate home.  Now I have fiber all over my room of the fleece and already prepared yarn variety.  I also feel like at some point I’m going to need to pull my bed away from the wall so I can look under it, but I figure the cats would have found the tasty-tasty protein and killed it under there already.

This yarn has got me feeling like I’m way behind on things that have been promised to people, the list follows thusly:

  • Gloves for my dad (blue alpaca blend)
  • Thorpe for my dad (black recycled acrylic)
  • Socks for my aunt (blue SWS)
  • 2x Socks for my mom (ugly striped wool blend and pretty black wool)
  • Sweater for my mom (white acrylic)
  • Fair-isle beret for my mom (various wool colors)
  • Purse for Ava (?)
  • Sweater for Ava
  • Shrug for Ava (black recycled acrylic again)

Most of these were designed for birthdays or Christmas, but most of my close family has their birthday in the winter months (1 each in October, November and January) so they all basically boil down to Christmas presents with some rush on ones due earlier.  So basically I need to at least finish one of my mother’s gifts in about a week’s time and I can’t find the beret pattern(!!).

The Calm

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 So my life this week has consisted mainly of knitting and sitting in front of the TV. It has been a nice change from the 40 hour work week and the constant time with family (just kidding guys… but not about the work week).
Jack has been enjoying himself as well:
A Quiet Moment with My Cat

Also I’ve got some small knitting projects done over the summer.  This is my most recent and I’m enjoying it throughly.  It is a little tighter at the base than I’m used to but it definitely stays on better than most of my slouchy hats.  After some fashion advice from my mother I’ve decided slouchy hats are probably my “thing”.  I’m actually starting a wall of them (I havee four hanging over my bed) and they are nice to make when you just have a skein.
Cabled Hat: An Action Shot

Name: Star Crossed Cable Beret

Needles: 4 (Clover DPNS) and 8 (Clover Circ)

Yarn: Cascade 220 (less than a hank) Cordovan

[Ravelry Link]

Also, to throw some more pictures at you, this is what I’m currently attempting to spin.  It is a 75%/25% merino/tussah silk blend and it is aptly called “Yellow”.  However, as you can see in the picture there are shots of blue and red running through it and it is so pretty to look at (and much more shiny than I could convey while still getting true to the color).  The fiber is from Woodland Woolworks (I had a gift certificate).  I luvs me some WW as it is the nearest fiber arts shop that sells spinning wheels.  I got my Kromski Symphony there, used, about a year ago.

Yellow Merino and Tussah Silk

This is the start of my spinning of it.  The first single, and it’s DK-ish but very thick and thin.  I’m not used to spinning silk and I’m still not a very even spinner, but I’m hoping after I ply this it will be around a worsted weight and I can get a nice hat or some house socks out of it.  Also as it’s spinning it is turning very barber pole.  I really like it as it’s  hard to see all the color in the roving but the blue/yellow/red mix nicely together.
Yellow Roving Spun